Car-coupling



' (No Model.)

WI LHELM.

- GARYGOUPLING. No. 368,865. I Patented Aug. 23, 1887.v

UNITED STATES PATENT GEEICE.

JACOB WILHELM, OF NEW FREEDOM, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR on TWO- TEIEDS TO ALEEED H. GROVE, oE SAME PLACE, AND JOHN M. HABLIS- TON, JR, OF SHREWSBURY, PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 368,865, dated August 23, 1887.

Application filed May 27, 1887. Serial No. 239,549. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JACOB WVILHELM, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Freedom, in the county of York and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Car-Couplings; and I do declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, andexact description of theiuvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and'to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to car-couplings of that class which employs a springaotuated or gravity latch and are held from uncoupling until the train slackens.

The object of the invention is to provide simple, convenient, and efficient means for uncoupling the cars in a convenient, expeditious,

and economical manner.

The improvement consists in the novel features presently to be described and claimed,and shown in the annexed drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a side view, Fig. 2 a front view, and Fig. 3 a sectional view on the line X X of Fig. 2,ofa car embodying my invention; Fig.4, a plan and edge view of a coupling-link having a spear-shaped head at each end, and Fig. 5 a plan view of a link having a spear-shaped head at one end only and an opening at the other end for the passage of the pin of the common coupler.

The draw-bar may be secured to the car in any approved manner, so it will yield when the cars are run together, to prevent any jar being transmitted to the body of the car by cushioning the force of the blow, and is divided into two compartments, a and a, by the partition B,which forms the pocket for the end of the link 0 and a bearing for the rod D, which is connected at its forward end with the latch E, pivoted above the throat of the drawbar, and is provided with a downwardly-pro- 5 jected arm, (1, atitsrear end, and has aspring, d, mounted thereon and located between the partition and the arm d. The tappet or cam F, keyed to the inner end of the rock-shaft G, is adapted to press against the arm d and move the rod D forward and turn the latch Eabout its pivotal support 6, so as to disengage it from the link. The rock-shaft is rotated by the hand-lever H, secured to its outer end and limited in its movement by the keeper h, and is held in an adjusted position by pin h. The rock-shaft is composed of two parts pivotally connected together on an approximately-vertical line,which permits ayielding of the parts when the draw-bar is moved in, as when the cars are run together.

When two cars are provided with my improved coupler, they are coupled by the link shown in Fig.4.; but in case only one car is provided with my improved coupler and the one to be coupled thereto has the ordinary pincoupler, then the link shown in Fig. 5 is used, as one end is adapted for my coupler and the other end for the pin-coupler. The cars are coupled by running them together in the wellknown manner. The link, entering the drawbar, lifts the latch,which rides over its head and drops down in front of the head and holds the link.

To uncouple the cars they must first be slackened-that is, the cars must be run togetherwhich forces the ends of the links to the bottom of the pockets, so that the end of the latch can swing free of the head of the link upon operating the rock-shaft, as will be readily understood.

Having thus described my iuvention,what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. The combination, with the draw-bar, the latch, and the operating-rod, of the partition separating the draw-bar into two compartments and forming the link-pocket and the bearing for the rod, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination,with the draw-bar and the partition dividing it into two compartments and forming the pocket for the link, of

the latch pivoted between its ends and located in the front compartment, the rod having a bearing in the partition and connected at its front end with the latch, and having an arm projected downwardly from its rear end, the spring mounted on the rod and located between the partition and said arm, the rock-shaft,and

the tappet securedto theinner end of the rockshaft, the hand-lever secured to the outer end Shaft and adapted to bear against the arm, of the rock-shaft, the keeper, and the pin, subsubstantially as and for the purpose described. stantially as described, and for the purpose 3. The combination of the draw-bar, the parspecified. 15 5 tition dividing it into two compartments and In testimony whereof I affix my signature in forming thelink'pocket, the pivoted latch, the presence of two witnesses. rod D,mounted in thepartition and having an arm, d, projected from its rear end, the spring JACOB KWILHELM d, the rock-shaft made of two parts hinged to- Witnesses:

1o gether on an approximately-vertical line, the VAN BUREN HILLYARD,

tappet secured to the inner end of the rock- J NO. M. HABLISTON, Jr. 

